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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Ruby Flanagan

Warning after three million people cut off because they couldn't afford their energy bills

Citizens Advice has warned that millions of people are being left in the cold and dark as prepayment meters continue to be cut off.

New research from the charity found that 3.2 million people across Great Britain ran out of credit on their prepayment meter last year because they couldn’t afford to top up their energy bills.

This figure equates to around one household cut-off every 10 seconds, said Citizens Advice.

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